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The appellant, Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim Khan, was arrested in September 2022 and charged under several IPC provisions and Section 13(1)(b) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for alleged involvement with the Popular Front of India (PFI). The Special Judge denied bail, invoking Section 43D …
The appellant, Mohd Iqbal Ibrahim Khan, was arrested in September 2022 and charged under the UAPA and several IPC provisions for alleged involvement with the Popular Front of India (PFI). He sought bail pending trial, arguing that the evidence—primarily statements and videos—did not establish any …
Godfrey Thomas Alvares, accused in an NIA case for organized human trafficking, suffered a serious cardiac ailment while in custody and applied for interim bail, which was rejected by the Special Judge. He filed Interim Application No.2309/2026 challenging the bail denial, arguing that his health …
Ankush Kapoor, while in judicial custody, obtained an order from a Special NIA Judge extending his custody from 90 to 180 days under UAPA and the NDPS Act. He appealed the order but filed the appeal 146 days after the judgment, exceeding the 30‑day period prescribed by Section 21(5) of the National …
The petitioner, a practicing advocate, filed a petition under Article 226 challenging a 2019 instruction that successive bail-related criminal appeals under the SC/ST Atrocities Act, Juvenile Justice Act and NIA Act be listed before a different bench than the one that decided the earlier bail …
The appellant, accused No.2 in a multi‑state heroin smuggling case investigated by the NIA under the NDPS Act, has been in judicial custody for over 7½ years since his arrest in August 2018. The Sessions Court refused regular bail, prompting an appeal under Section 21 of the NIA Act. The High Court …
The petitioners were charged under several IPC offences (420, 467, 468, 471, 120B) and UAPA provisions (17, 18, 18B, 21, 38, 40) following a police raid on an ATM. They contended that the State had taken cognizance without obtaining the sanction required under the NIA Act and that the High Court’s …
The petitioner, Mahboob Alam, filed a writ petition challenging an order of the Special Judge, NIA Patna, which extended his judicial custody beyond 90 days and denied his default bail. The petitioner sought to set aside the extension, obtain bail, and declare the extension illegal. The NIA argued …
The appellants, accused of offences under the IPC and UAPA for delivering provocative speeches, were arrested in September 2020 and have been in pre‑trial detention for over five years without charge being framed. They sought bail on the ground of parity and prolonged incarceration, arguing that …
The appellant, accused in a NIA case, challenged an order of the Special Court that granted witness protection to a large number of witnesses under sub‑section 2 of section 44 of the UAPA and the corresponding provision in the NIA Act, without recording individual satisfaction for each witness. The …
The petitioner was arrested in Punjab for alleged NDNDPS offences and was granted bail, which was later cancelled by the High Court after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the investigation of related scheduled offences under the UAPA. The Central Government, invoking Section 6(5) …
The appellant, Fuleshwar Gope, was alleged to be a director of a company used to collect funds for the People’s Liberation Front of India and was charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). He challenged the sanction order, arguing violations of statutory timelines, lack of …
Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh was arrested in February 2020 with a large consignment of counterfeit currency and charged under Sections 489B, 489C, 120B read with 34 of the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The investigation was taken over by the NIA and, after four years of custody, …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigated members and office bearers of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for alleged offences under the IPC and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), including conspiracy, recruitment, and weapons training aimed at establishing an Islamic state. …
The State of West Bengal appealed against a Calcutta High Court order that quashed the addition of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) offences to an IPC case and set aside extensions of remand. The investigation, conducted by the State police, led the Chief Judge of the City Sessions Court …
Shoma Kanti Sen was arrested in June 2018 in connection with the Elgar Parishad event and charged under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA). The High Court dismissed her bail application, directing her to approach the trial court, after the investigation …
The case arose from the Bhima‑Koregaon violence of December 2017, after which the National Investigation Agency (NIA) expanded the investigation, searched the residences of several activists and arrested Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira. The prosecution alleged that the two were members of the …
The appellants were arrested in 2019 for offences under the IPC, UAPA and the Explosive Substances Act and a chargesheet was filed within the 180‑day period prescribed under Section 167(2) of the CrPC. They applied for statutory/default bail on the ground that the chargesheet was filed without a …
The appellant, Ashim Kumar Haranath Bhattacharya, was arrested in July 2012 under the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Act for offences including conspiracy, waging war, and violations of the Arms and Explosive Substances Acts. Although the charge sheet was filed in 2012, charges were only framed …
The Supreme Court examined bail applications of two accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) for alleged offences under Sections 38, 39 and 13. The Court held that the charge‑sheet material did not show reasonable grounds to believe that the accusations under Sections 38 …
An FIR was lodged on 14 July 2016 alleging that the accused had links with ISIS and were planning bombings under the UAPA. The Anti‑Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Nanded began investigation, arrested four persons and, on 8 September 2016, the Central Government directed the National Investigation Agency …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) appealed against the Kerala High Court’s order granting bail to K. A. NajeeB, who was charged under multiple IPC offences, the Explosive Substances Act and several provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The High Court had released the …
A hand grenade attack at a public gathering in Amritsar resulted in three deaths and 22 serious injuries. Bikramjit Singh was arrested, remanded to custody, and after 90 days (which expired on 21‑02‑2019) he applied for default bail; the Sub‑Divisional Judicial Magistrate dismissed the application, …
The appellant, Pradeep Ram, was granted bail in 2016 for offences under the IPC, Arms Act and Criminal Law Amendment Act. Subsequent addition of serious offences under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act led the investigating agency to seek his arrest and the Special NIA Judge remanded him to …
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) sought to deny bail to Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, accused No.10 in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) and several IPC offences, alleging he was a key fund‑raiser for terrorist activities. The Delhi High Court granted bail, …
The accused, MD Hussain, was charged with offences under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and other statutes, and the investigation was taken over by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He filed a bail application before a single judge of …
Two Italian marines were arrested by Kerala police for killing two Indian fishermen 20.5 nautical miles off the Kerala coast. The Supreme Court earlier held that the State of Kerala lacked jurisdiction and that only the Union of India could investigate and try the marines, pending a determination of …
The appellant, Sayed Mohd. Ahmed Kazmi, was arrested in connection with an alleged bomb attack and was placed in police and then judicial custody. After the initial 90‑day period expired, the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate extended his custody for another 90 days with retrospective effect, despite …
The petitioner, Redaul Hussain Khan, was arrested on 31 May 2009 for allegedly sending money to an extremist group later declared an unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA). While the investigation was transferred to the National Investigation Agency, the …
